10 Romantic Works

Traummelodien für Klavier in leichten Arrangements - Dream Melodies for Piano in Easy Arrangements-The Romantic Pop Piano series provides a tremendous collection of some of the most beautiful and best known romantic works. This volume gathers books 1-5 in one handy collection of dream melodies for Piano in easy arrangements by Hans-Gunter Heumann.

The sacred a cappella choral works by Johannes Brahms are amongst the most important Romantic works in the genre. This edition is based on reliable sources which include autograph manuscripts engraver?s copies and first editions.The collection contains the 7 Marienlieder Op 22 Two Motets Op 29 Three Sacred Choruses for female voices Op 37 Two Motets Op 74 Fest- und Gedenksprüche Op 109 and the Three Motets Op 110.

Along with Swan Lake The Nutcracker represents one of Tchaikovsky's most popular and most-performed works. Based on E.T.A. Hoffman's The Nutcracker And The Mouse King the piece was commissioned in 1891 and first performed in St Petersberg the following year. The story of enchanted toys and Christmas magic has become a firm favourite and the piece was the first historically to make orchestral use of the Celesta. As a work of previously unrivalled orchestration the piece has become vital reading for those studying the development of the orchestra or important Romantic works.

Performed by Katarzyna BuryAccompaniment: Rousse Phliharmonic OrchestraConductor: Nayden TodorovHere are two of the great Romantic works for flute and orchestra in a fabulous new MMO release. Listen tomaster flutist Katarzyna Bury perform these beloved classics with the Rousse Symphony Orchestra; then she stands aside and you take her place as the star virtuoso with the full orchestra under Maestro Todorov! Includes anauthoritative newly engraved solo part printed on high-quality ivory paper; a digital stereo compact disc featuring a complete performance of each piece with orchestra and soloist and a second performance minus you the soloist;also includes a second compact disc containing a special -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes.

The Perfect Way To Rediscover The Piano-Did you used to play the piano? Would you like to play again? Play it again: Piano uses real pieces from the piano repertoire to teach specific techniques and tips getting you playing fluently once again. This is the second book which is for the more confident ?former? piano player or for those continuing their journey from Book 1. The level of pieces in this second book progresses from around UK grades 5 to 8 (intermediate to late advanced). ?I used to play the piano??Aimed at ?returning? players who have spent some time away from the keyboard Play it again: Piano gives you the confidence to revisit this fulfilling pastime and go beyond what you previously thoughtyou could achieve.Each of the 21 pieces in Book 2 is accompanied by two full pages of easy-to-understand practice tips all designed to get your fingers speeding comfortably across the keys once again! There are more comprehensive Piano Technique and Theory sections at the front and back of each book so you can also delve deeper to regain a fuller understanding of music and technique. A refresher course for all abilities each book is arranged in 4 progressive sections with Book 1 moving from ?Elementary? to ?Intermediate? and Book 2 taking you from ?Late Intermediate? to ?Late Advanced?. Dip in and out wherever your level of playing suits: this two-book course starts with simple and elegant miniatures and concludes with the famously showy Prelude in C-sharp minor by Rachmaninoff! Confident pianists could start with Book 2 but there is a wealth of delightful repertoire and valuable practice tips in Book 1 it?s always useful to go ?back to basics?. From Schumann to shuffles. Baroque Classical and Romantic works sit alongside Jazz Ragtime contemporary or traditional pieces at every level so each lesson brings something different and you?ll learn to play in a range of styles some of which may be new to your fingers. If you often find yourself saying ?I used to play the piano?? but wish you still did then Play it again:

18 Original Works & Transcriptions-Romantic Guitar Anthology Vol.3 is a graded repertoire book suitable for students of c.5-7 years of playing experience. Well-established teaching pieces by leading 19th Century composer-guitarists Carcassi and Giuliani are presented alongside more rarely available works by Jos̩ Ferrer and Johann Kaspar Mertz. Also included are carefully selected transcriptions of works by Schumann and Johann Strauss. Composer biographies and extensive teaching notes on each piece are included together with a CD recording of all of the works in the anthology performed by Jens Franke.Also available: Baroque Guitar Anthology: Vol 1 РED 13357 Vol 2 РED 13437Vol 3РED 13446Vol 4 РED 13489Romantic Guitar Anthology: Vol 1 РED 13110 Vol 2 РED 13111 Vol 4 РED 13113

Exam boards: Edexcel AQA OCR WJECRomanticism in Focus places works of music literature and art alongside one another setting them within the social and political context of their time. There are also helpful examinations of some of the main styles from the period.Suitable for both students and teachers this guide tackles questions such as whether Mendelssohn was a true Romantic why Schumann and Baudelaire both worked as journalists and Wagner???s thoughts towards Brahms.The Eroica and Symphonie Fantastique Brahms and Bruckner Emma and Hard Times Constable???s Haywain and Turner???s Fighting Temaire Byron and Baudelaire all feature and thereare also contextual definitions of the main styles of the time: nationalism impressionism naturalism and symbolism.